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    No energy & weak muscles

    Hello I have been type 2 for just over a year, but ever since diagnosis my energy levels have gradually gone down, and all my muscles getting weaker. I have had every blood test possible at the Drs - for anything that could be causing this - other than diabetes but all have come back normal...
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    HbA1c results query

    Hello I was diagnosed type 2 in August this year. At the beginning of Sep my HbA1c result was 93. Now, 3 months later it has dropped to 56. I realise it's good, it has dropped, but is 56 still 'bad'/far to high, or OK? What should it ideally be? I don't have access to a diabetic nurse at the...
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    Vipidia - anyone taking these?

    Hi I was wondering if anyone is taking Vipidia, and what is their experience of them? It seems a relatively new medicine and there isn't much information available at the moment. Thank you.
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    Anyone stopped medication against Doc/nurses advice?

    Hello I was diagnosed type 2, a couple of months ago, and put straight on Metformin - which is permanently screwing my stomach - even the slow release ones. My nurse has been adamant, on day one & again today that I can't control with diet & exercise - and won't let me even try! As well as...
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    Newly Diagnosed As Type 2 & Feeling Alone!

    Hello Last week I was diagnosed as Type 2 diabetic. I'd had the usual symptoms of extreme thirst, blurred vision etc and a blood test revealed my blood sugars were 20. I saw the practice nurse, who wanted to put me on insulin there & then! because of the high level. But, as there was no-one at...